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... for Fatima. After probably our best breakfast so far, it was time to take on the day. For our only full day in the city we decided to take a self-guided tour through the vineyards. We found a nice map of the vineyards and set out on our way.

The vineyards were beautiful. They stretched all throughout the countryside of Beaune. As we walked through the hills we ...

... century charity hospital Hotel Dieu (also called les Hospices de Beaune). This is now a museum housing the original sickbeds and art treasures accumulated over the centuries. Afterwards, you are free to discover more of the treasures of Beaune on your own. Perhaps you'll explore the Musee du Vin, a wine museum that was a former private residence of the Dukes of ...

... obvious to me.) The rest of the town (Thankfully!) is much as we left it two years ago.

We enjoyed a week of watching the grape harvest, hiking and socializing with our friends in the area. We have been enjoying absolutely superb weather with the exception of one evening of heavy rain. Joni spent a couple of days helping in the kitchen to prepare the evening meal for the crew hired by ...

... br> The plan had been to leave Minnesota on Monday, September 1 (Labor Day) and to arrive in Paris on Tuesday morning, the first day of school in Minnesota. From there we had planned to drive to Switzerland and enjoy two weeks of hiking in some places that were new to us. I think I’ve mentioned in a previous blog entry that, according to John Lennon, “Life is what happens while you’re ...

... on them as this couldn't be good for the grapes. Sun and lots of it is what they need at this stage.

The first evening we walked up the hill past the campsite and explored the little village above Meursault. The roads go in every direction through the vineyards and it is such a beautiful, almost dream-like landscape with all the ancient stone walls defining the "clos" and the gently rolling hills. ...